Mitton, G. E. (Geraldine Edith) · London, A. and C. Black · leaf 132
, and then a marvellousspectacle appears, for all round the edges of the blackmoon are seen glorious red streamers and archesand filaments of marvellous shapes, continuallychanging. These are thiown against a backgroundof pale green Ught that surrounds the black moonand the hidden sun. In early… … , THE EARTH P. WITH THE FLi THE SUN 101 is too bright to allow them to be seen. Aninstrument has now been invented to cut off mostof the Ught of the sun, and when this is attached toa telescope these prominences, as they are called,can be seen at any time, so that there is no need towait for an…
Astronomy
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